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Where does the word calculator come from?

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∙ 2008-10-30 20:27:11

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Ancient Romans counted with pebbles, in the same way that the Chinese use an abacus. The Latin for pebble is CALCULUS. Hence the verb to calculate. Which is, of course, what a calculator does.

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